Brake drum and shield assembly



Nov. 8, 1932. J. Y. BLAZEK BRAKE DRUM AND SHIELD ASSEMBLY Filed April 8, 1951 -..TITHHVHHMH .1.. VHJUHMHIIMII. H.....|||.|.|h u..

Patented Nov. a, 1932y UNITED STATES APATENT OFFIci.

-TJOHN Y.Y BLAzEx, or CLEVELAND, OHIO, .AssIefNon'v To LEMPCO PRODUCTS, vInc., or" Y MAPLE HEIGHTS, OHIO, A cOnPoaATrON Oromo BRAKE DRUM AND SHIELD' ASSEMBLY Application led April V8, 1931. VSerial No. 528,587.

This invention relates to a brake drum land shield assembly adaptable for use on vehicles, particularly automobiles, trucks and the like.

The principal object of this invention 1s V5 to provide an improved assembly of this type which shall operate eEectively to reduce to a minimum the amount of water which will find its way into the interior of the brake drum. The foregoing and other and more limited objects are attained in and through the invention, an illustrative embodiment of which is shown in the accompanying drawing and hereinafter described and claimed.

Fig. 1 is a central sectional view of a .brake drum and shield assembly shown separated from the wheelV and axle to which it will be normally attached and Fig. 2 is a similar view of a slightly modified form.

2G a cup-shaped brakel vdrum member having-.an opening 10 for reception of an axle or sp1n dle, a flat portion 11 for attachment to they wheel, an annular portion 12 spacing Vthe braking portion 13 from the wheel and conif nected thereto by a short annular flat portion se adapted-to serve the double function of brac-k ing the other end of the braking portion 18 and cooperating with the shield member l16 to prevent or greatly reduce the ingress of water into the interlor of the brake drum.

The edge 17 of the brake drum beyond'the reinforcing rib or projection l5 is providedwith an external groove 18 adapted to collect water which may nd its way between the rib or projectionl 15 and the periphery 19 of the shield member 16 and prevent the entry of the same into'the interior of the brake drum, allowing it to run off by gravity or to be thrown off by centrifugal yforce if the vehicle is in motion. Y

It will be noted that the projection 15 extends slightly above the periphery 19 of the shield member. This prevents water or mud being thrown into the tortuous passages between the rib 15 and shield edge 19 as would 60 be the case if the rib 15Y did not so extend.

Inthe embodiment of Fig. 2, the structures are adapted for the same functions pointed out in connection with the embodiment just described and are given the same numerals.

vIn Fig. 2, however, the construction is different in that the extreme edge Vof the brake drum member is foldedv back uponitself, as at 17 and bent outwardly to form the rib 15, the groove 18 being rolled or otherwise formed in the material thus bent back.

While I have shown and described-certain the appended claims.

Having thus described my invention, what --I claim is: In the modification of Fig. 1, I have shown c 1. A brake drum and shield assembly including, a cup-shaped drum member anda shield member having a peripheral groove into which the edgeV of said cup-shaped drum member extends and forming therewith aV tortuous opening from inside to outside of said drum member, said drum being provided adjacent to but spaced from its edge with an upstanding projection extending outward of the periphery of said shield member and the Vextreme edge of said drum member being turned backwardly and outwardly to form said projection. Y

2. A brake drum andV shield assembly inwithin the scope of j cluding, a cup-shaped drum member and a shield memberv having la peripheral groovey into which the edge of said cup-shaped drum member extends and forming therewith a tortuous opening from inside to outside of said drum member, ksaid drum being turned backwardly and outwardly and provided lwith a ,groove on .the outside thereof adjacent lthe edge.

In testimony whereof,'I hereunto af'ux Y.my

signature. Y. Y JOHN Y. BLAZEK. 

